Versace · 2012

Eros

VersionEau de Toilette

Versace says

You’ll smell mint leaves, Italian lemon zest, green apple, tonka beans, ambroxan (amber), geranium flower, vanilla, cedarwood from Atlas, cedarwood from Virginia, vetyver and oak moss.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Italian lemon, mandarin, mint oil, candied apple, Clary sage essence, AmberMax®, Cedarwood Atlas, Cedarwood Virginia, Vetiver Orpur® essence, Patchouli Coeur Orpur® essence and sandalwood.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Eros’s scent picture, a draft: mint, lemon, apple, tonka, ambroxan (amber), geranium drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Eros, top notes: mint, Lemon, Geranium, Mandarin

Heartthe first hours

Eros, heart: apple, Clary sage

Dry-downhours later

Eros, dry-down: Tonka, Ambroxan (amber), Vanilla, Cedar, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood

On the label

What’s inside it

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)

Named by Versace, never on a label

Mint leavesItalian lemon zestGreen apple, not in Ingredients yetTonka beansAmbroxan (amber) (ambergris)Geranium flowerVanillaCedarwood from AtlasCedarwood from VirginiaVetyverOak mossMandarinClary sage essencePatchouli Coeur Orpur® essenceSandalwood

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 9 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.